Show stretching AND 8 Is IN saturdays anstie of the a correspondent ID D L M 11 tossed some just strictures upon the manner in which the law was stretched and strained in order tp con cony let some of the defendants placed op on trial dijt last week for unlawful the cases of william jankins i W 11 tovey both pi 4 aggedy served terms in the peair for the same offense were cited i in point they believed Deli eved they were not j violating violating the law as they had bed not cohabited with their plural wives in these cases the elk clit bax lax was reached on saturday wb when on they were sentenced aced the co court urt was Iti informed formed that at the conclusion of their former terms of imprisonment each of them served an additional thirty days in lieu of the payment of fine and costs included in the judgment in the face of this fact the full term of incarceration six months was iwas imposed by judge zane and also 9 a fine of fifty dollars and costs the fact of the inability of the defendants to pay aanne being clearly established the effect of the judgment is imprisonment in each of these cases cares for a term of seven months the maximum penalty imposed by the law is six months how is that for law and justice |